Jiri Lehecka and Alexander Shevchenko will face off in the semifinal of the Poznan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Lehecka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.3
Alexander Shevchenko -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Alexander Shevchenko
There is no head to head record between Jiri Lehecka and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 213 (career-high), Lehecka reached the semifinal after defeating Tristan Lamasine 6-3 7-5, Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 6-4 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, Lehecka had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (7-5 6-3). During the match, Lehecka scored 72 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 60. Lehecka was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lehecka scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jiri Lehecka was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Lehecka broke Van De Zandschulp 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Lehecka has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (83-45). 26-9 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has an overall51-27 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh,M25 Biel,M25 Jablonec nad Nisou and the Tampere Challenger.
Lehecka has an overall 46-14 win-loss record in 2021, 26-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Poznan Challenger
Jiri has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Shevchenko
Ranked no. 441, the Russian reached the semifinal after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-0, Evan Furness 6-4 6-2, Leo Borg 7-5 6-2, Elmar Ejupovic 7-63 3-6 7-63 and Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 6-1). During the match Shevchenko scored 68 points vs Kolar’s 50. Shevchenko was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Shevchenko managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexander Shevchenko was very efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Kolar 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Alexander’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Tbilisi,M15 Shymkent and M25 Velenje.
The Russian has a composed 35-14 win-loss record in 2021, 30-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lehecka | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 104 |
| Pts | 216-177 | 375-284 |
| Total Points | 393 | 659 |
| Winners | 92 | 123 |
| %Winners | 43% | 33% |
Lehecka played 3 matches while Shevchenko competed in 5 matches. Shevchenko started his run from the qualifications while Lehecka had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexander Shevchenko surrendered 1 set while Jiri Lehecka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lehecka has played 5 set(s) less than Shevchenko (6 vs 11). Therefore, Lehecka played 43 games less than Shevchenko. Lehecka scored 92 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 123 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lehecka | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 123/198 | 165/330 |
| %1st in | 62% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 92/123 | 123/165 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 41/75 | 89/165 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 54% |
Lehecka scored 11 aces (3.7 per match). Shevchenko bagged 25 aces (5 per match). Lehecka won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lehecka | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 23 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 23/41 |
| % Converted | 41% | 56% |
| Conceded | 13 | 28 |
| Saved | 10 | 18 |
| % Saved | 77% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 10 |
Jiri broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Jiri lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 23 times with a 56% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lehecka | |||||
| R1 Lamasine |
R2 Vukic |
1/4 Van De Zandschulp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 21 | 61 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 73-59 | 72-60 | 216-177 | |
| Total points | 129 | 132 | 132 | 393 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | 30 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/69 | 42/62 | 42/67 | 123/198 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 68% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 31/42 | 30/42 | 92/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 74% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 13/20 | 13/25 | 41/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 65% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/9 | 4/5 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 22% | 80% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/2 | 4/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 67% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Shevchenko | |||||||
| Q1 Blancaneaux |
Q3 Furness |
R1 Borg |
R2 Ejupovic |
1/4 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | 7-63 3-6 7-63 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 20 | 35 | 17 | 104 | |
| pts | 61-31 | 62-44 | 74-53 | 110-106 | 68-50 | 375-284 | |
| Total points | 92 | 106 | 127 | 216 | 118 | 659 | |
| Winners | 20 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 21 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 29% | 31% | 37% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 28/54 | 29/60 | 54/111 | 29/57 | 165/330 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | 48% | 49% | 51% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 18/28 | 23/29 | 41/54 | 21/29 | 123/165 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 64% | 79% | 76% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 16/26 | 16/31 | 30/57 | 15/28 | 89/165 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 62% | 52% | 53% | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/6 | 5/12 | 2/4 | 5/11 | 23/41 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 83% | 42% | 50% | 45% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 28 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/6 | 5/7 | 6/9 | 1/3 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 71% | 67% | 33% | 102% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWLWLL Tennis Scores in Poznan Challenger
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 7-68) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Nicolas KickerKicker (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 7-6(8)) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Nicolas KickerKicker (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Dmitry PopkoPopko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
